Light House Kalankarai Vilakkam | ||
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 Light House railway station building | ||
| Coordinates | 13°02′43″N 80°16′37″E / 13.045167°N 80.276821°E | |
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Template:Stl Platform-2 → Template:Stl | |
| Tracks | 2 | |
| Construction | ||
| Structure type | Elevated | |
| Parking | Yes | |
| Other information | ||
| Station code | MLHS | |
| Fare zone | Chennai | |
| History | ||
| Opened | 19 October 1997 | |
| Services | ||
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Light House is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It is located behind the Queen Mary's college, between Avvai Shanmugam Salai in Triplicane and Radha Krishnan Salai at Mylapore. It is the MRTS station for the famous Chennai Lighthouse.
History[edit | edit source]
Light House station was opened on 19 October 1997, as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure[edit | edit source]
The station is elevated and built on the eastern banks of the Buckingham Canal. The Station building consists of 1010 sq.m of parking area in its basement, which is largely unused.[1]
Station layout[edit | edit source]
| style="color:;background:#Template:Rail color;text-align:center;padding:5px"| Light House track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
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| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards → Template:Stl Next Station: Template:Stl | |
| Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: Template:Stl | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
Service and connections[edit | edit source]
Light House station is the seventh station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it is currently the fourteenth station towards Chennai Beach station.[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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